TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Visual search for real emotional faces: the advantage of anger
JO  - Procedia - social and behavioral sciences
A1  - Benga, Oana
A1  - Susa, Georgiana
A1  - Pitica, Irina
A1  - Miclea, Mircea
SP  - 632
EP  - 636
VL  - 33
IS  - 
N2  - Previous research indicates angry expressions are detected faster than happy ones, but most data concern schematic faces. The present study looks into the differences in visual search performance in a sample of adults confronted with real neutral, angry, and happy faces of 9 different individuals. Participants searched for a discrepant happy or angry face among neutral or emotional faces. We compared detection speed and accuracy between the angry and happy discrepant face conditions. We measured state and trait anxiety with the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger, 1983; Pitariu &amp; Peleasa, 2007) and looked for anxiety modulation on search. Results suggested angry faces were detected more efficiently and no modulation by anxiety. This study offers preliminary evidence for a general attentional bias towards facial threat in a task created to resemble real-life situations of searching through a crowd.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1877-0428
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.01.198
ID  - ref1
ER  -